Jared Crick is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Crick in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Crick's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Jared Crick

Top 35% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'4"

Weight285 lb

BornAug 21, 1989

Age36

CollegeNebraska See College Stats

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 4, Pick 126 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 25 · #2878 · Role Player

Worth 25 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 63% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.3

Avg surplus

peak +10

3 seasons × ~8.3 surplus ≈ VORP 25

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2012	—	HOU	12	—	22	13	9	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	HOU	12	—	20	11	9	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	267	27.3%	254	52.3%
2014	—	HOU	15	—	52	25	27	6	12	3.5	21.5	0	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	713	63.4%	100	21.5%
2015	—	HOU	16	—	45	25	20	3	9	2.0	14.0	0	2	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	782	74.4%	71	14.6%
2016	—	DEN	16	—	52	31	21	4	13	3.0	20.0	0	6	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	942	82.3%	134	28.5%
Career		—	71	—	191	105	86	14	37	8.5	59.5	0	19	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	2,704	61.9%	559	29.2%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2012	23	HOU	12	—	22	13	9	0	1	0.0	1.0	2	0	—	4.1
2013	24	HOU	12	0*	20	11	9	1	2	0.0	3.0	3	0	—	4.3
2014	25	HOU	15	10*	52	25	27	6	12	3.5	21.5	6	0	—	10.7
2015	26	HOU	16	12*	45	25	20	3	9	2.0	14.0	2	1	2	9.5
2016	27	DEN	16	13*	52	31	21	4	13	3.0	20.0	6	2	—	11.7
Career			71	35*	191	105	86	14	37	—	—	19	3	2	40.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	24	HOU	16	0*	—	0.0%	267	27.3%	254	52.3%
2014	25	HOU	16	10*	—	0.0%	713	63.4%	100	21.5%
2015	26	HOU	16	12*	—	0.0%	782	74.4%	71	14.6%
2016	27	DEN	16	13*	—	0.0%	942	82.3%	134	28.5%
Career			64	35*	—	—	2,704	—	559	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 36

Availability 18

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2012bestavg 532016

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.903See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.903Snap share61.9%Def snaps2,704ReliableCV 0.24

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2012

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2012 class

4.91s

40-Yard

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 26thClass Pos 11thClass All 24th

31"

Vertical

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 28thClass Pos 13thClass All 26th

104"

Broad Jump

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 12thClass Pos 4thClass All 16th

7.47s

3-Cone

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 26thClass Pos 7thClass All 22th

4.40s

Shuttle

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 40thClass Pos 45thClass All 41th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl4Ast4

College Stats

NebraskaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Nebraska), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #126

#117Joe LooneyC #118Jarius WrightWR #119Keenan RobinsonOLB #120James-Michael JohnsonLB #121Keshawn MartinWR #122Nick ToonWR #123Brandon BoykinDB #124Ron BrooksCB #127Adrien RobinsonTE #128Rhett EllisonTE #129Miles BurrisMLB #131Brandon MosleyG #132Mike DanielsDE #133Jerron McMillianS #136Josh ChapmanNT #137Malik JacksonDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jared inherited the Houston Texans DL room from J.J. Watt (2011–2020), and handed it to Whitney Mercilus (2012–2021).

Anthony Cook 1995–1996Gary Walker 1995–2005Corey Sears 2002–2004Jerry DeLoach 2002–2005Seth Payne 2002–2006Robaire Smith

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2016team change
Joined DEN (from HOU)
2016final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2012draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 4, Pick 126

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 285 lb

Frame

279 lb at 4.91s

Size-speed

31" vert / 104" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	DEN	2	W1Out· BackW2Out· Back
2015	HOU	0	W6Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· Back

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 5-season peers. See all →

peak 59

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2012

C2013

B2014

C+2015

B2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

95%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2015	2	0.1	2	0.1
2016	3	0.2	3	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

25 career value over replacement — #2878 all-time of 4,642. 5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #126 (Rd 4) · HOU · 2012 · +22.5 vs expected KV-H

56actual

33.5 expected · Δ+22.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #126

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator